Confectionery Days

Confectionery Days

I have a bad habit - I’m a secret compulsive eater

And often snack on sweet treats at all odd times

Of the day and night.

Today, on a perfect winter’s day that felt like summer,

I found something much more satisfying than fudge and Mars Bars!

I drove into the north-west Tasmanian countryside,

Got out of my car and lay on sweet-smelling grass ’til sunset,

Mesmerised by marshmallow clouds

Drifting along in a bright lollipop sky.

Warmed by a large penny sun,

(Like those chocolate discs in gold wrappers I know so well),

And with the upturned ice cream cone of Valentine’s Peak

In the distance,

I decided that no comfort food I’d ever consume

Could match nature’s delicious confectionery -

I must indulge more often!

© June Maureen Hitchcock July 6, 2012